Pipe wrench



June 11, 1935. N, G RECTOR l2,004,830

PIPE WRENCH l) Filed Sept. '7, 1934 2 Sheets-Shed.; l

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Attorney l June 1l, 1935. N. G. RECTOR Patented June 11, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PIPE WRENCH l Nelson G. Rector, Jonesboro, Ark.

Application September 7, 1934, Serial No. 743,127

3 claims. (ci. 81-64) I The present invention relates to a pipe wrench utility and advantages of this invention will now and has for its prime object to provide a device of be quite apparent to those skilled in this art withthis nature which is exceedingly simple in its conout a more detailed description thereof. struction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to The present embodiment of the invention'has manipulate, adjustable, not likely to injure or been described in considerable detail merely for 5 mar the pipe, thoroughly efficient and reliable in the purposes of exemplification since in actual use and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for practice it attains the features of advantage which it is designed. enumerated as desirable in the statement of the With the above and numerous other objects in invention and the above description.

view as will appear as the description proceeds, the It will be apparent that changes in the details 10 invention consists in certain novel features of 0f construction, and in the combination and arconstruction, and in the combination and arangement 0f Darts may be resorted t0 Without rangement of parts as will hereinafter be more departing from the spirit or scope of the invenfully described and claimed. tion as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of l5 In the drawings: its advantages. 15

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wrench em- What is claimed is: bodying the features of my invention. 1'. A pipe wrench of the class described com- Figure 2 isa longitudinal section therethrough. prising a handle, a pair of flanges extending'I Figure 3 is a plan view thereof. from one side only and around one end of the Figure 4 is a sectional view taken substantially handle, said pair of flanges disposed in spaced 20 on the line ll-i of Figure 3. coextensive parallelism with each other and pro- Figure 5 is a detail sectional view through one vided with spaced aligned notches on the conof the heads on the table. fronting faces of the ilanges, a exible non- Figure 6 is 4a fragmentary plan View showing articulate member, heads on the ends of the flexa head on one end of a strap, and ible member extending laterally of the member 25 Figure 7 is a sectional view therethrough. for selectively and detachably seating in aligned Referring to the drawings in detail it will b'e notches. seen that the' numeral Ei denotes an elongated 2. A pipe wrench of the class described com vhandle which is provided at one end with a pair prising a handle, a pair of anges extending of spaced parallel coextensive flanges t the inner from one side only and around one end of the 3o faces of which are provided with notches or handle, said pair of flanges disposed in spaced grooves l which incline and open away from said coextensive parallelism with each other and pron end. These flanges also continue around said vided with spaced aligned notches on the conend as indicated at t. Numeral Q denotes a pair fronting faces o the flanges, a flexible nonof cables the ends of which are fixed into a pair articulate member, heads on the ends oi the'ilex- 35 of heads l@ in a Wedge like manner as shown in ible member extending laterally of the member Figure 5 and these heads are cylindrical in confor selectively and detachably seating in aligned struction and are adapted to be placed in notches notches, and said portion of the flanges extending as indicated to advantage in Figures 2 and around the end oi the handle being rounded.

rRius the cable may be disposed tightly about 3. A pipe wrench o the class described comra lo different sized pipes and, referring to Figures l prising a handle, a pair oi flanges extending from and 2 when the handle is swung downwardly or in one side onlyand around one end of the handle,

a clockwise direction. the rounded ends oi the said pair of vdanges disposed in spaced coeritenflange d engage the pipe and will cause the tightsive parallelism with each other and provided Iening of the cables about the pipe so that the with spaced aligned notches on the' confronting is A may be faces oi the flanges, a ieziible nomartioiilate Figures' 6 and 7 1' closed a strap member, heads on the ci the flexible memW the end thereof wedgl in heads it as eer extending laterally oi the men' r tot selecu ustrated to advantage in Figure and the strap tively and dei l "ing in aligned. notches, 5G is usable in the same manner 'the cables or and the edges on the iianges ex= 5c flexible members tending around the handle being ser end ii have teeth iii indicated in rated.

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